IM Finance Compliance Senior Analyst (Transcend)

IM Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.

The program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes in order to have a cost effective, fit for purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

The Finance Compliance Senior Analyst is supporting the run state of the digital transformation systems and processes, and to drive standardization and efficiencies across the systems, processes, and controls within their assigned scope.

The key responsibilities & the impact YOU will have:

• Support the governance, monitoring, and maintenance of J&J’s enterprise internal controls within the financial processes and systems.
  
• Support Control Owners / Performers throughout the ongoing Internal and External SOX and Operational audits, including development of remediation plans of any deficiencies or gaps identified.
  
• Supports to direct and collaborate with Control Owners / Performers to ensure that controls are being performed and evidenced in a timely manner and meet all External
• Reporting, Management Reporting, SOX and regulatory program deadlines.
  
• Support compliance design initiatives and supports execution of controls across our landscape, partnering closely with GPO organizations, Global Services, Internal Audit, IT stakeholders.
  
• Design, implement and support ongoing execution of Business, Finance and IT controls and quality metrics across platforms.
  
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and proactively challenge existing processes and workflows - suggest and support implementation of necessary changes to improve influence/business impact.
  
• Use, analyze and leverage existing data to make / take informed decisions, improve existing processes / systems and simplify and create strong plans with minimum risk.
  
• Execute the strategies and governance for compliance monitoring reporting
  
• Support the design, build, and run of internal and external management reporting strategy and governance.
  
• Support initiatives related to control automation to drive standardization and efficiencies across the enterprise.

The Finance Compliance Senior Analyst is supporting the run state of the digital transformation systems and processes, and to drive standardization and efficiencies across the systems, processes, and controls within their assigned scope.

The key responsibilities & the impact YOU will have:

• Support the governance, monitoring, and maintenance of J&J’s enterprise internal controls within the financial processes and systems.
  
• Support Control Owners / Performers throughout the ongoing Internal and External SOX and Operational audits, including development of remediation plans of any deficiencies or gaps identified.
  
• Supports to direct and collaborate with Control Owners / Performers to ensure that controls are being performed and evidenced in a timely manner and meet all External
• Reporting, Management Reporting, SOX and regulatory program deadlines.
  
• Support compliance design initiatives and supports execution of controls across our landscape, partnering closely with GPO organizations, Global Services, Internal Audit, IT stakeholders.
  
• Design, implement and support ongoing execution of Business, Finance and IT controls and quality metrics across platforms.
  
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and proactively challenge existing processes and workflows - suggest and support implementation of necessary changes to improve influence/business impact.
  
• Use, analyze and leverage existing data to make / take informed decisions, improve existing processes / systems and simplify and create strong plans with minimum risk.
  
• Execute the strategies and governance for compliance monitoring reporting
  
• Support the design, build, and run of internal and external management reporting strategy and governance.
  
• Support initiatives related to control automation to drive standardization and efficiencies across the enterprise.

Education:

· A University Degree or Bachelor’s Degree is required

Experience and Skills:

• Working knowledge of financial and IT internal controls
  
• Working knowledge of SOX 404, US GAAP, and IFRS
  
• Working knowledge of Financial External Reporting and Management Reporting data, processes, and controls
  
• Preferred expert knowledge of SAP ERP platform
  
• Project management experience is a plus
  
• Knowledge of digital tools (PowerQuery, PowerBI, …) is a plus
  
• Ability to proactively identify and mitigate process risks.
  
• Understanding of continuous process improvement techniques
  
• Anticipate needs, assess and manage business risk taking; escalate issues that may impact their process globally; manage through times of crisis and ambiguity/
  
• Experience working in a complex, multi-ERP / system environment.